22.8 OFFICE OF Tu: PRESIDENT mat FLAGSTAFF HOUSE arta ACCRA omen OPS 62 vet WAL eL: 0302201000 ples wrmecon Aetrvey 27,2017 ‘The Oifice of the President has taken notice of» statement issued by Prof, Wikim ‘Asumaning, the Board Chaieman of Geil, on Saturday, February 25, 2017, nrelation to the purported appointment of a “new” Chiet Executive Officer of the Company by the President of the Republi. ‘The statement by the Board Chairman references a Ghanaweb publication of 24th February, 2017 titled "Nana Addo Picks New Heads for Forestry Commission, Ghana Health Service and GOIL". Its. the bass of this story that Prof. William Asumaning ut out his staternent. ‘Gre would have hoped, in the interest of best practices, that the Issuance of such a Statement by Prof. Wiliam Asumaning would have been hinged on concrete ‘evidence, In the form of appointment letters, and not mere speculation and ‘conjecture by an online publication. The statement by the Gourd Chair was ‘unfortunate and completely neediess, to sy the least. For the avoidance of doubt, wish to state that the President of the Repubs, Mana ‘Addo Danka Abufo-Addo, hat not appointed a new CEO of GON, and when he .Secies 10.40 40, K willbe dane In accordance with lad down procedures. ea Edeskes Eugene Actin ‘Ag. Director of Communications